Thursday, February 14, 2008

Why We Live at The Lake

It's more expensive to live here than other places, (you gotta work at least two jobs to scrape by) we have some pretty awful heat to tolerate in the summer, there's always some sort of tourist who's going to piss you off in the grocery store or gas station, and we're quite isolated from the big cities that have all the services and stores.
So why do we live here?



Because if we get our act together, on a Sunday afternoon, we can put the boat in the water in a matter of minutes and have the lake to ourselves.
It was nice; a small cooler of drinks, a bucket of KFC, and the quiet of the lake.

Later this year it won't be so simple. The water is crowded 24/7, the launch ramp is a nightmare because of the amateurs trying to either get on or off the water with daddy's big boat, and the noise from all the stupid ocean-size type boats make it not so peaceful.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

I'm My Own Boss Today

Funny,last week the boss was unbearable. This week he's actually willing to let me do my own thing and make my own decisions. Probably because he's given up.
He's supportive to the stuff I'm discussing with him on the phone, he's understanding when my own errands are more important than his (shit, he doesn't pay me to do those, anyway!) and he's not yelling at me about his short-comings.
Things had gotten so tense between he and I, that on Saturday my boss was talking to me at our car show and Steve heard what he'd said. Later on Steve commented, "I don't see you working for Todd much longer..."
I've gotten so much done today, without Todd crawling up my butt trying to be controlling.

On a lighter note, I am currently working on Steve's Valentine's surprise. I got him a huge card, and wrote some nice things in that. Now I am putting together a love note to give to him while we're out at our date tomorrow night. We're going to the same place we went last year; a beautiful night club that sits next to the water and the London Bridge. In fact, we had his daughter's 16th birthday there a couple of months ago. For Valentine's they have a thing called "Night Of A Thousand Candles." With the lights turned low, they place lit candles everywhere and serve a special menu with seven courses.